Foxon Quarry Blasting Stunts Community Plant Life. Plant Life in the Foxon Quarry, East Haven, CT. By: Connor Brown Angela Pettella. An experiment conducted by the Skills 21 and Earth and Energy Essentials (E3) class at East Haven High School shows that limestone dust, generated as a result of blasting rock, and grinding rock to dust on conveyor belts, affects photosynthesis and plant growth.